You're Human like the Rest of Them: The Films of B S Johnson

Although best known as the ground-breaking author of Albert Angelo, The Unfortunates and Christy Malry’s Own Double-Entry, B S Johnson was also the director of a number of extraordinary and daring films. This extensive collection brings his experimental shorts, humorous animation, provocative agitprop and uniquely personal documentary films together for the very first time.

You’re Human Like the Rest of Them (1967, 17 min).

Paradigm (1968, 9 min).

The Unfortunates (1969, 45 min, DVD only).

The Evacuees (1969, 30 min, DVD only).

Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire! (1969, 2 min).

Unfair! (1970, back & white, 8 min).

March! (1970, colour, 13 min).

Poem (1971, 1 min).

B. S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson (1972, 26 min).

Not Counting the Savages (Mike Newell, 1972, 28 min, DVD only).

Fat Man on a Beach (Michael Bakewell, 1974, 40 min).

Special features

The Johnson Papers (2013): a look at the B S Johnson Archive of the British Library.